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    Airframe Family: Beech 18 Expeditor / AT-7 / AT-11 / C-45 / JRB / SNB
    Latest Model:E18S
    Construction Number:BA-230
    Last Civil Registration:N18LK
    Compressed ID:Beech E18S cn BA-230 cr N18LK
    Latest Owner or Location:Gerald D. Quitney, Ennis, MT

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    Dates

    Event

    1956

    Constructed as an E18S.

    December 1956

    To Youngstown Airways, Youngstown OH with new c/r N84D {1}.

    From 2 January 1957 to 1960

    To Harbison-Walker Refractories Co keeping c/r N84D {1}.

    2 October 1962

    To Graubart Aviation, Valparaiso IN with new c/r N8411.

    7 February 1963

    To National Equipment Sales Inc, Elmont NY keeping c/r N8411.

    29 September 1966

    To Rolair Corp/Wright Airlines, Cleveland OH keeping c/r N8411.

    February 1971

    To P. M. Bachner with new c/r N404FW.

    5 April 1971

    Certificate of airworthiness for N404FW (E18S, BA230) issued.

    5 July 1972

    To P. M. Bachner with new c/r N2132M.

    From 28 April 1977 to 1984

    To Northrop University, Inglewood CA keeping c/r N2132M.
    Used as a ground instructural trainer.

    1977

    Civil registration, N2132M, cancelled.

    June 1997

    To Cameron (and) Stahl Inc, North Hollywood CA with new c/r N2132M.

    11 January 1999

    To Empire Airways Corp, Montville, NJ with new c/r N18LK.

    1 January 2005

    Certificate of airworthiness for N18LK (E18S, BA230) issued.

    2 November 2005

    To OTW Farms Llc, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N18LK.

    20 May 2010

    To RKS Leasing Inc, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N18LK.

    17 August 2010

    To Holli Aero Leasing Inc, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N18LK.

    22 September 2016

    To Gerald D. Quitney, Ennis, MT keeping c/r N18LK.

    27 October 2018


    Photographer: Jarrod WilkeningaCA
    Notes: At North Texas Regional Airport / Perrin Field, TX

    28 September 2019


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Stockton, California, USA

    15 January 2020

    Civil registration, N18LK, cancelled.

    3 January 2023

    To unknown owner with c/r N18LK.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Stockton, CA.

    7 October 2023

    To unknown owner with c/r N18LK.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Stockton, CA.

    13 July 2024


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Stockton Field Aviation Museum in Stockton, CA.

    13 July 2024


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Stockton Field Aviation Museum in Stockton, CA.

    13 July 2024


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Stockton Field Aviation Museum in Stockton, CA.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Beech 18: A Civil and Military History by R. K. Parmerter
    Internet Sources
     AMCAR
    Aviation History Site by Geoff Goodall
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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